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Myanmar's annual blast:

In Taunggyi, Myanmar, fireworks explode overhead during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival. Tens of thousands gather every year for the celebration, during which balloons lift fireworks or lanterns into the night sky.

By the pricking of my thumbs, something cute but thorny this way comes:

A Palestinian vendor displays a hedgehog
for sale at a pet market in Gaza City.

By the pricking of my thumbs, something cute but thorny this way comes:

A Palestinian vendor displays a hedgehog for sale at a pet market in Gaza City.

Photo: Mohammed Abed, AFP/Getty Images

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Shriveling in the cold:

While the rest of New York bundles up in parkas and topcoats, the Naked Cowboy braves the autumn chill in nothing but his signature tighty-whities, hat and boots.

Shriveling in the cold:

While the rest of New York bundles up in parkas and topcoats, the Naked Cowboy braves the autumn chill in nothing but his signature tighty-whities, hat and boots.

Photo: Kathy Willens, Associated Press

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Deadly pipeline blast:

Authorities in Qingdao, China, say 22 people were killed when an oil pipeline exploded, ripping this street
apart. The line, run by state-owned oil giant Sinopec, sprang a leak earlier in the day and blew up several
hours later as workers tried to repair it.

A motorbike taxi driver naps in front of a billboard advertising upscale real estate in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. The newly built luxury shopping mails and residential buildings in Vietnam's largest city underscore the gap between rich and poor.

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Birth of an island:

Smoke rises from an islet created by a volcano near Japan's Ogasawara island chain. The little land mass is about 200 meters in diameter.

Birth of an island:

Smoke rises from an islet created by a volcano near Japan's Ogasawara island chain. The little land mass is about 200 meters in diameter.

Photo: Japan Coast Guard, AFP/Getty Images

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Uh, oh, here comes the kissing:

Before Cheryl Felps (left) and Katie Beirne send off Houston animal shelter puppies to local shelters in Colorado, they give them smooches goodbye. Houston has an excess of unwanted dogs, and Colorado has more demand than supply.

which shelter puppies at the BARC animal shelter in Houston have been recently kissed.

It's not hard to tell

which shelter puppies at the BARC animal shelter in Houston have been recently kissed.

Photo: Johnny Hanson, Houston Chronicle

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Despite the ash in the air, work must go on at a coffee plantation in the village of Guru Kinayan, less than two miles from the Mount Sinabung volcano in North Sumatra, Indonesia. The volcano erupted twice in a week, causing thousands to evacuate their homes.

Despite the ash in the air, work must go on at a coffee plantation in the village of Guru Kinayan, less than two miles from the Mount Sinabung volcano in North Sumatra, Indonesia. The volcano erupted twice in a